You must not leave the Tabernacle entrance for seven days, for that is when the ordination ceremony will be completed.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days.
- KJV And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.
- BSB You must not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are complete; for it will take seven days to ordain you.
- NKJV And you shall not go outside the door of the tabernacle of meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration are ended. For seven days he shall consecrate you.
- NASB And you shall not go outside the doorway of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the day that the period of your ordination is fulfilled; for he will ordain you through seven days.
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The priests must remain at the Tent of Meeting seven days until their ordination is complete. A full week of consecration set them apart for service.
Overview
The seven-day period, a span signifying completeness, formally fulfilled their ordination before they began full ministry. Remaining at the sanctuary marked their wholehearted dedication. This patient, complete consecration underscores the seriousness of being set apart to serve a holy God.
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Cross-references · 5
- Exod 29:35“You shall do so to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. You shall consecrate them seven days.
- Num 19:12He shall purify himself with water on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean; but if he doesn’t purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
- Exod 29:30Seven days shall the son who is priest in his place put them on, when he comes into the Tent of Meeting to minister in the holy place.
- Lev 14:8“He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.
- Ezek 43:25–27Seven days you shall prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bull, and a ram out of the flock, without defect.
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